Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has said the deployment of Information Communication Technology in the state will help drive efficient service delivery.
He said this in Abeokuta at the end of four-week training civil servants in the by IBM West Africa and Voluntary Services Overseas.
Selected civil servants from four ministries – Education, Commerce and Industry, Women Affairs and Social Development and Water resources – were trained in the areas of data collection, documentation and analysis.
The governor, who was represented by Taiwo Adeoluwa, secretary to the State Government, noted that the training would help in great measure in the delivery of his five-point cardinal programs on health, education, urban development, agriculture and employment generation.
He said, “The four-week training will definitely improve service delivery in these ministries, because the beneficiaries will deploy their newly acquired skills and expertise. We valued this partnership and we look forward to receiving this team in no distant future.”
Amosun further said his administration was committed to faithfully implement the short, medium and long term suggestions recommended by the trainers.
The trainers consisted of volunteers from the US, Brazil, Mexico, India, Australia, Republic of Ireland, Hungary among others.
Bunmi Adebayo, senior special assistant to the Governor on ICT, also stressed that the capability of the state’s civil servants to implement government’s programs has been strengthened, while he commended the IBM and VSO for partnering with the state.
Taiwo Otiti, country manager, IBM West Africa, represented by Mrs. Remi Abere, corporate citizenship and corporate affairs, IBM West Africa, said the organization chose Ogun State for the program, because of the tremendous achievements so far recorded by the present administration.
She added, “We have done similar things in Lagos, Cross Rivers, Abuja and Ekiti states. It is one of our valued programs, because we believe in making positive impacts and that is just what we have done through the four-week exercise.”